northerly English

Meaning northerly meaning

What does northerly mean?

northerly

— adjective (= northern) situated in or oriented toward the north the northern suburbs going in a northerly direction

— adjective (= northern) coming from the north; used especially of wind the north wind doth blow a northern snowstorm the winds are northerly

— adverb (= north) in a northern direction they earn more up north Let's go north!

— noun (= north wind) a wind that blows from the north

Synonyms northerly synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as northerly?

northerly English » English

northern

north wind

north

northward

norther

boreas

septentrional

northwards

boreal

to the north

north-polar

nordic

hyperborean

from the north

Boreas

Topics northerly topics

What do people use northerly to talk about?

States Location Direction

North, south, east, west

• What words refer to a direction of the compass?
  north south east west northeast northwest southeast southwest northward southward eastward westward northerly southerly westerly easterly up north down south sunrise sunset